The Life and Times of Alfred the Great
Author: Charles Plummer
Publisher:
Published: 1902
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead and Download eBook Full
Author: Charles Plummer
Publisher:
Published: 1902
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Allen Giles
Publisher:
Published: 1848
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eleanor Shipley Duckett
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014-12-10
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 022622919X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author of The Gateway to the Middle Ages, “a fascinating portrait of an enlightened monarch against a background of darkness and ignorance” (Kirkus Reviews). Filled with drama and action, here is the story of the ninth-century life and times of Alfred—warrior, conqueror, lawmaker, scholar, and the only king whom England has ever called “The Great.” Based on up-to-date information on ninth-century history, geography, philosophy, literature, and social life, it vividly presents exciting views of Alfred in every stage of his long career and leaves the reader with a sharply etched picture of the world of the Middle Ages.
Author: Alfred P. Smyth
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 816
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoldier, statesman, and scholar, Alfred the Great was a fascinating and highly successful king, pushing back the Vikings to command what is now thought of as the heart of England as ruler of Wessex from 871-899. In this, the first major biography of King Alfred since 1902, his life, career and enduring legacy are given a radical new interpretation, putting into question most of our assumptions about this singular monarch. Alfred P. Smyth's portrait of King Alfred rejects the image of a neurotic and invalid king who supposedly remained a pious illiterate until he was almost 40. Instead, we are shown a man of remarkable energy and intelligence who took necessary steps to defend his people from the Norsemen. We see, too, a king who had been a scholar all his life and who used his great knowledge to bolster the powers of his own kingship. Smyth also provides a detailed examination of the much-disputed medieval biography of King Alfred, attributed to the King's tutor, Asser. Alfred Smyth argues that Asser's Life may, in fact, have been a late medieval forgery--a revelation with profound implications for our understanding of the whole of Anglo-Saxon history. Smyth's King Alfred also contains major studies on the writings of this gifted king, on the controversial charters of his reign, and on the origins of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. (Smyth shows this work to have been much more closely connected with the court of King Alfred than previously realized and suggests a new date for the completion of the earliest Alfredian section of the Chronicle.) A monumental and intriguing work of historical scholarship, King Alfred the Great will dramatically change the way we understand this early period of western civilization.
Author: Pope Gregory I
Publisher: e-artnow
Published: 2022-01-04
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPastoral Care, or The Book of the Pastoral Rule, is a treatise on the responsibilities of the clergy written by Pope Gregory I in which he contrasted the role of bishops as pastors of their flock with their position as nobles of the church: the definitive statement of the nature of the episcopal office. Gregory enjoined parish priests to possess strict personal, intellectual and moral standards which were considered, in certain quarters, to be unrealistic and beyond ordinary capacities. The influence of the book, however, was vast and became one of the most influential works on the topic ever written. It was translated and distributed to every bishop within the Byzantine Empire.
Author: John Asser
Publisher:
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joanna Arman
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1445662051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of a medieval Boudicca, Alfred the Great's daughter, and her struggle to restore her people and reclaim their land
Author: Charles Plummer
Publisher:
Published: 1902
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780722222461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn annotated, documented biography of the Saxon king of England, expanded from a series of six lectures delivered at Oxford, with special emphasis on Alfred's literary works and military campaigns. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries; the Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College; and the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. At the time of original publication in 1902, Charles Plummer, M.A., was Fellow and Chaplain of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Author: David Horspool
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780674023208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHorspool sees Alfred as inextricably linked to the legends and stories that surround him, and rather than attempting to separate the myth from the "reality," he explores how both came together to provide a historical figure that was all things to all men.
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 1912
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK